- Prospect that: ‘Railway ‘from
Vanarsdol toSkeena Cross:

ea No Troubl e Now On

- the. -inspection-. engineer. of. the

. Skeena. ‘Crossing ‘and that. the

. immediately. ‘On his artival and a
_ report subinitted to the” board
-without® ‘delay. --

ay
; ‘port B. marked lack: of consid
“tion “for?

. train 'arrived'.’at Vanarsdol at!
ah 30.p. m. with about: fifty “pas-

~- Jadids and children, :.
‘unloaded and left, he says, with-

‘of trap portation | ‘to. the head. of

_ the Canyon, ‘where they’ were. to
‘take the steamer. .

.. were compelled: to ‘wall, with, the:

- given transportation, “,
. gengers’™: Faver:. ‘that “there”. was

- to beheld up at Prince: ‘Rupert
. and Vanarsdol. a

. ment discovers Bom

: > that, 100, 000 will

- HAZELTON, Ba

, SATURDAY, MAY 25, ‘912

need Lo ” ae}

". PRICE $2.00,A'YEAR -

Jing. “will me Accented:

Miner: Tht} cards - Engineer: wit}:
Soon ‘Arrive— ituation’ At-Present la
Deplorable: relat € Comes § Tha!

of the transportation: “eoriditions
in this district: yas ‘telegraphed

hoard: of railway: ‘commissioners,
withthe: request, that he give ‘the
matter” ‘his~ personal : attention,

Just, before going to: ‘press “today
The Miner. Teceived’ a -despatch
from’ Mr: Gooileve stating: that

boar iad: ‘left:Calgary to inspect
théAine ‘between: -“Vanarsdol -and:

inspection would be ‘catried out

Credit i is. due tol.
Mr. Goodeve for his : ‘promptness |

“passengers.
McA mis: states. that. Wednesday’ 8

‘pengers, ‘ineluding a ‘number. of
They : ‘were.

out: any ‘ gecommodation. or means,

The official i in.

‘charge ‘of ..the:. “upper, ‘section’ of

‘the: railway” atated-that-it® was.

sbsolutely, impossible: to..do: any-.

thing for: the: ‘passengers ‘Yefus
take’ ea ine ic eae

all who ‘did not. return a “Rupert

exception of two ladies who were
“The: pas-

_Plenty of room-in:-the car. for ‘all
“women’ and: children. : “Al “great
deal of perishable: freight, eon
siderable live stock, and” mining
and. dairy plants - ‘which: aré:anx-

Latest ‘Trouble | a

inden

aced: by a. strike o of dock. Workers,

solying the problem:

‘iN

‘has: ‘written: to’. : Attorney-general

“tréplied that he had tothing todo
‘ with Settling atrikes,-.
was.to see that peace was. main-
tained and’ good! ‘government -of

general said: that: along the grade
‘from. Yale to Kamloops there wag
not thé least trouble, the -vigor-
ous: ‘methods. of . the provincial

maintaining ovder al through the
strike,

suUTH TAZELTON

. So Sart Hiaroid Price, Who

“John

Bul kisy-river at the lower canyon,
near South: ‘Hazelton, iss vouched
for, .by Harold Price, a Vancouver
‘land surveyor-who .is “interested
in.the ownership: of. Lot-160, ‘and
who' has spent several ‘days in a
topographical survey. of - the pro-
posed site 6f the high level bridge
to: connect: ‘Hazelton. and the
townsite. immediately z across the
river.
150 and. 862, . he maintaing, there
is an excellent. site, -Wwhich: will
allow.”the construction ”. of a
bridge: 150 feet ‘above. the: river

either : side. Bh
réquired will! ‘be ‘only 250° feet in
length.” Mr. Pri é has..gone to
Ottawa; to: Jay:

‘thie: railway. cohimission at the re-
hearing ‘of the application for. a
station on ‘Lot! 851, which... is ‘set
for June 4, “He characterizes 2S
absurd the - ‘statement: that. the}.
plan for. bridging the river at the| ”
iously awaited here’ arc: reported’ lower canyon is not. feasible, as-
serting that it is the most practi-

“1 gable solution ofthe ‘problem. of
© comimiunication between Hazelton
: and: ‘the mines ‘and : “the railway.

vale 2B:— ‘The food |
, supply of ondon is: again. men-:

the:
tribe aa the -result-of: an ‘attempt
of | by, Edward ° Clark ‘to wrest’ the
ble|Spa-ouk. chiefship from: Johnny
ina Patsey.. The tribal council, after
considering the claims of various

-” Clinton ‘Neatly five hundred
‘officers’and assistants are in pur-
suit‘6f-the Indian’ outlaws * “whi ||
killed: Constable Kindneas‘on the |}
Cariboo. road. . The: posses are.
| [ daily ‘getting ‘closer mt 1e fal of
the: fugtives. sh a : we

Canadian Norther)

“(Spacta “io! The

iger. of the I; Ws Weis Fh. Ne Foos|
_| Bowser- expressing’. ‘the, willing-
ness of: that: body to, declare _the
strike’: on. Gy N. R..’ “eonatruction

off; on" “conditions.” Mr, Bowser

‘His duty

the eountry: carried ‘out, - “Speak.
ing of the strike,’ the’ attorney-

~ BRIDGE PRACTICABLE)

_ veys: oF Proposed Site, _

“The: fesaibility of: biddging. the

“Near ‘the. line- “between,

th’ good» approaches - on
The . center. - span

g Blans: ‘before

: Would-be Chief

“There: “4g. agitation . “amorigat
‘Indians..of~ ‘the “Hazelton

7 _ thigh grade, .

d| He: reporta aremarkable revival

2 incr el “ ptices of -ailver and

: ; -(Spestal: to The: Miner)

” Montreal,” May : 25
Smithers, chairman’ of the board
of directors. of the: Grand™ ‘Trank
system; last: ‘night. made the “an-

P

manager, is appointed, president,

‘Hays.
take the ate president’s seat: on
the board ‘of directors, William
Wainwright, second Vice-piesi-
‘dent, is promoted - to. the ‘vice-
presidency, and-M. N. Reynolds,
of Montreal, is made. a. director
and second -vice-president, :

’ Asked . -what,action’: would be
taken as to the position of gener-
al manager, which was -held:.by

7 the president-lect, Mr. Smithers

CAME PRESIDENT
OF GRAND TRUNK Pan

[Po ula Canadian, Vice-Pres Vice-President of Company,
s .Promoted---Anriouncement | of Appoint-|*
~neht Made In Motitreal Last Night-Otber
— In Executive of of Railway. .

; replied. that. the matter would’ ‘hel

nouncément that E: J, ‘Chamber-
in, vice-pr esident™ and: ‘general

in. auceegsion to the late’ C.. M.
- Chamberlin: ‘also

Churchill the Choice

“London: The belief is, general’
‘that Winston Churchill, and ‘not
Lloyd George, will be the leader
of the Liberal party on. the’ re-
tirement of Premier ‘Asquith.
Popilar approval is accorded: to
:Churchill’s naval policy,

Senate Committee
- Apportions: Blame

- Washington, May 25: —The re-

taken: up: later:: ‘The: chairman
will leave Montréal’ in. June “and
expects to yeturn front England
in} August, He expresges pleas-
ure at the public interest shown
in, the affairs of tite Grand Tronk:
Pacific, as showing that the in-
terests of the Dominion’ and. the
railway are identical, The't ques-
tin of. Atlantic: and Pacific
steamship plans would be’ taken:
up with the government in times
“Y After a. conference’. with the
new - president and- ‘the’ chief
engineer, - Mr. Smithers said he
felt justified i in stating. that ‘the
rails would be laid through from
Moncton to Prince Rupert by. the
fall of 1914,"

tigating: committee which: heavd |.
the evidence ofthe Titanie> gur-
vivors will be: submitted: to: ‘thal »

will hold. Captain Smith. chiefly to
blame for the disaster, on account
of his failuré ‘to heed the: warti-
ings of other vessels." | The’ Brit-

ish board: of trade is alsé held: to
he ‘at: ‘fault for Jax inspection.

J. B. Ismay is criticized for lack
of drill and discipline and for the
alleged, excessive speed of. the
boat, ‘Legislation ofa special
character i is to follow the’ adop-
‘tion ‘ofthe’ report. Congress
will be asked. to reward the cap-
tain of the Carpathia.. -t ;

“Among the arrivala of. yeater:
day was M. L Fyfe, of Vans
“| couver, a mining man: of: -experi-

: ente, “who last-season acquired i a

promising group of five: ‘élaims i in|,
the North: ‘Canyon, ‘on Hudson's F
Bay. mountain and is. now pre-.
paring .to- thoroughly prospect:
the. ground. : - The . property, }

joins the well known Miller group’
and is adjacent to. the Coronado;
It has. an excellent surface show-
‘ing, and Mr. : Fyfe is confident |.
that the: season’s - work will
demonstrate its. value to be equal
to that of. adjoining claims, on

rich ore bodies,’ Speaking of the.
district generally, Mr. Fyfe says |.
he regards Omirieca as one of the
greatest prospective n mining fields
of the'day. In a mining experi-
‘ence of twenty years, in| which
the discovery. of the famous’
Hidden -Creek mine was an in-
cident, ‘he has seen no new dist-:
rigt which. looked as good to kim.
e ig: accompanied by Ed.
Cullinane of Vancouver,

On the. Rocher de Boule group
development: work’ continues to
give satisfaction. to the manage-
ment.’ On’ ‘the. upper vein the
drift. has-been run over 70 feet,.
with a-siight widening of the ore
body, whieh: continues to show-
It ig ‘expected that
the drift will be in 90 feet-before
the: end of the month. Surface
prospecting i is in’ progress on the

siderably differing from the chal-
vopyrite showing in’ “the. ‘upper.
vein. oC
“In, - the course of <his. ‘winter!
«| pilicimags, “A. Chisholm,
hardware man, who recently. re-

te ‘turned from the South, -revisited

‘|Kaslo-and the Slocan country.

maequence of thé

~~ Mining Ne ws of the Week

which overlooks the railway, ad: |

which development has disclosed |.

| LATEST NEWS OF -
-, FEDERAL CAPITAL

Smithers Busy--Chairman of
“of Raitway Board Must Be
A Lawyer. De

‘turn ‘of. prosperity. to the Slocan
is the aequisition...by the -C, P,
R. of the. old narrow-gauge K,
& S. ‘railway, which” is'to ‘bel.
standardized j in accordance: with |
p. ‘agreement, between. the ‘

and: -the provincial. Bovern-
tent. 7

“Ottawa, “May: 23:— Chairman
+ Smithers, ‘of ‘the, Grand:“Trimk |:
Or tkbe Oot board of directors, arrived “here
today’ ona spécial' train.’ * He will
‘probably interview Premier: Bor-

The: ‘Surprise contractors ‘are
well started on the -crosseut. tun-
‘nel whichis” ‘intended to prove
the lower: ‘vein, es inspect the Chateau Laurier, -
anda The announcement -:o-f.".an

“Martin Wanlich has ‘returned appointment to the vacant chair-
to the Seven Sisters group, ‘on manship of the railway commis-
which he intends to do consider-| sion is ° expected. very shortly.
able work this season. . - “| Under the act, the. chairman of

: ; | the’board must bea lawyer. : This

Granby Con struction

“Yahoouver, May 20:—At the
annual general meeting’: of the
shareholders of the Granby Con:
solidated ‘Mining & ‘Smelting
Company, . Etd.,. held -in. New
York: last. week, a preliminary
appropriation of $500, 000 towards
erecting a 2,000-ton smelter for
the treatment: of the ores “of - its
Hidden Creek mine at. Goose Bay,
Portland. Canal district, was.ap-
‘proved of. Construction ork
‘will be started next month.”

B; ‘Smith, ir., mine superinten:|
dent. at’ Phoenix and at Godse

as possible appointees. *..,

On Wednesday Clyde Leavitt,
chief fire inspector df the. ‘eom-
mission on conservation, left. for
British Columbia to make provis-
ion for the enforcement : of the
new regulations governing . the
prevention of fires along “rails
ways. he rules as issued, allow
for: the. auspension of the. oll
‘burning clause in certain sections.
Mr. Leavitt, “after a tour of

go to Prince Rupert and probably
to Hazelton. .

senate on Tuesday. The report/:.”
‘formal conference between the
members . of the railway board, ..

den-tomorrow; when he will also

eliminates many of those named |.

southern British Columbia, . will |: :

middle vein, ‘which: carries gray:
copper of fine appearance, con ye

the |

eantities
pposed to |.

ments up the coast.. -The. com-
pany. ‘will employ over 600, men
on amelter constructian and mine
development. ‘work at Googe Bay
this. summer.

“Renew. Your Litense:

Holders d¥ Free Miners’ -certi-
ficates ‘are ¥eminded ‘that’ their”

. rights * ‘under. their, “present. li.

oenses. expire with: ‘the month and
rene wal i is necessary.: : caeeeriea

- heInlander afrived yeatenday,
with: ‘thé “following * passengers:
Mrs. Grant: Thorburn. and. ‘¢hil:
iy Mrs, Ri:0. Jennings, ‘Mra.

‘Bay,: left here for Spokane. tol
confer with Jay P. Graves, the |
‘president, in regard to improve-}. =

ce safely dropped.’ two thousand |,

2 the -vietory 2f-the visitors: ‘by'é
= A geore of six.’to Vantouver’ 8 five.

“Mra; Cox,: Mrs, H...P, | eu
“Miss ‘Barbenu, Mr: and ae
3 ; Me and ‘Mra,
id M B ®

vo

24th: In Vancouver.
_ ' (Special to Tha Minar)

- Vancouver, May.24:~Thé Em-
pire Day celebration: here: was
mariced by three successful saro-
plane. flights by “Aviators . Par-
drrialée and Turpin. In the course
of éneof? the: flights, Morton

feet with a parachute,

:: The first lacrosse game of the
season, ‘between. Vantouver: aid
‘New. Westminister, | ‘resulted'in

!Vaiicouver, aga result ‘of revent
-idditions, hag ‘now. the’ highest
priced: lacrosse team in-Canada,)-
ard: enpécta't to retain

a prohibited.

“the ‘Minto :

RAILWAY FIRE

Conference between Repre-

. the Province ar and Board .

Danger ‘of Fires Spreading from En.

deste To. ‘Oi Burning Chines ue

Ottawa, ‘May 20: At an in-

‘the railways, the commission’ of

regulations for the protection of

on congervation were ‘agreed to,
either as drafted or in an amend-

British Columbia government, it

~Fwas agreed not to. bring’ into
effect the proposed regulation .
ealling upon all railways “oper- .
ating in British Columbia. to

| adopt oil: burning. engines...

ference that the adoption ofthe

Columbia, -

output.”

netting. .mesh over the smoke
boxes, and thé inspection. of such
appliances by the commissioner’s

inspectors,” the inspectors having an
power to-inspect and reject. loco- .

motives not properly equipped.

or right-of-ways,

tween Aptil 1, and November 1,

the chief-inspector.of the board.
Where oil is used_ag fuel,

of fire rangers,

‘D' Arey Scott presided ‘at. the :
cominissioners present being Pr. ;

8. Goodeve, The commissl
conservation was represents
Jamea White, secretar
body; and the forestry bri
RH: Campbell, ‘A.
Jan ames Faweer.

=a

“REGULATIONS.

’ sentatives of the Railways, — _

SAFEGUARDING FORESTS

Rules Which Are Expect Expected To Eliminate :
part of the ‘congressional - inves-|

gine Sparks—British Columbia’ Ob. '

conservation, the forestry branch
of the interior department and .
counsel for the British Columbia ~
government, practically all of the ,

the forests from the ravages of -
fire drafted: by the’ commission .

ed form. After hearing the re- .
_| presentations of counsel for the

Counsel represented ‘to, the’ con-

"| regulation would‘do great injury |
tothe mining industry of British =.
He said that several <.
of ‘the-mines depended entirely.--: -...
upon the sale of coal tothe rail-
ways, und would have to close - ;
down if they ceased to take their “

The new regulations require all :
‘| lozomotives to be equipped with

Another rule requires the” im-
mediate extinction of fires and’. :
live coals deposited on the tracks -
No cuttings © -
ot debris are to be burned be.”

and railways ‘are'to plough 16-. _
doot firebreaks where required by

provi...
sion is made for relieving. the.
companies of obligations in” tes or
gards to fire breaks, ete, an
>The leaving ‘pates” open: or |

fences. down in connection’ with nae

thé construction of fire breaksis
‘The: railways, .it-is :*
proposed, ‘shall maintain a staff 7

“Each | “company. violating ‘any :
regulation may be fined $100 for”
each offence, and any émployee a
failing to-obey a ‘regulation may”
-be fined $25... :

conference, the other’ railway -

Mills, ‘Professor McLean and | A. ©